Playwright Eve Ensler To Get Honor At John Lennon Tribute

OCTOBER 8, 2015

In this Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, Eve Ensler, co-director of the short film "One Billion Rising," poses for a portrait during the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah. Ensler will be honored with the John Lennon Real Love Award by the grassroots non-profit Theatre Within, on Dec. 4 at Symphony Space for her creative life’s work and worldwide social activism. The award will be part of The 35th Annual John Lennon Tribute-75th Birthday Celebration. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Award-winning playwright and activist Eve Ensler will get a new honor next month — the John Lennon Real Love Award.

The grassroots nonprofit Theatre Within said Thursday it will honor the author of "The Vagina Monologues" and "Emotional Creature" on Dec. 4 at Symphony Space for her creative life's work and worldwide social activism.